Track: Newcastle League latest results

Round Five of the Brooks Cycles Track League took place despite it raining for most of the day, and thankfully the track was dry for the start of the first race.

In the A Class Endurance League, Ryan Watmough (Shepherds Cycles) retained his lead in winning the 10 lap scratch and the final 10 mile event. He also backed this up with second place in the points race.

Ryan needed these points as his dad Paul also scored 9 points on the night, winning the devil and placing second in the 10 lap and 10 mile scratch events. The other winner in the A class events on the night was Will Thomas (Velocity Race Team) in the points race.

In the A Class sprint events, former World Masters Champion Steve Cronshaw (Brooks Cycles) showed that his form is improving this season in winning the sprint final from Barney Swinnerton (Swinnerton Cycles). Joel Partington (Sport City Velo) won the latest round of the 500m handicap league from new league leader Lauren Quenby (Newcastle Road Club 2001). The team sprint event saw the win going to Dave Smith (Stafford Road Club), Phil Houlton (Brooks Cycles) and Steve Cronshaw.

In the B Class events, Matthew Walls (Velocity Race Team) dominated the events as he won the 8 lap scratch, the devil, course de primes and 10 mile. Also scoring highly on the night was Bernard Swinnerton with second place in the devil, course de primes and 10 mile scratch.

The Youth Races saw a good spread of points across the 10 riders who competed with Bradley Hill (Lyme RC) winning the opening 1,000m block handicap before league leader Sally Birchall (Lyme RC) won the devil. Liam Zwetschnikow (Lyme RC) put in a great last lap to win the 6 lap scratch.

In the Freewheelers races, the numbers were slightly down, most likely due to the bad weather forecast. However, the 17 riders who took part produced some great racing. The top points scorers in each group were as follows:

British Cycling would like to thank the organising team, officials and everyone else who helped promote this event. Our sport could not exist without the hundreds of people, many of them unpaid volunteers, who put in many hours of hard work running events, activities and clubs.